Some have questioned as to whether or not it really was an accident that the country with the largest military budget in the world would happen to kill dozens of people. Assad has also admitted to the Associated Press that he believes the US airstrikes on Syrian troops were intentional.

“It was not an accident by one airplane; it was four airplanes which kept attacking the position of the Syrian troops for nearly one hour or maybe a little bit more than one hour,” Assad said to the press.